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I have a confession.

I kind of watched the Super Bowl. I know.

It just happened. My husband and I were sitting in the living room, trapped on the couch by sleeping kitties. Instead of reading, writing poetry, or using our minds in some redeeming way, we flipped on the TV. After watching the Puppy Bowl for a while, which ALSO included hamster pilots (!!!), we just started watching it. We took a break at 9pm for Downton Abbey, and then back to the game.

To be fair, the only reason my husband was interested was because he participated in a betting pool at work (which he actually won!). I had no excuse. We mostly commented on all of the unnecessary fighting/douchebaggery of the players and rating the commercials.

Like the Super Bowl, these muffins just kind of happened. I’ve been wanting to make something with my newly acquired poppy seeds from Penzey’s and lemon is great for brightening up those dreary winter days. The gorgeous damask cupcake liners are from Bakers’ Stock!

Yum! I am a huge muffin fan, and these look perfect! We had a party for the Super Bowl, so it was on at our house. But I didn’t really watch much of it. It was more of an excuse to hang out with friends

Yes! I’m determined to make it to the next one. It looks like I missed out on a lot of the fun at last year’s. I’m crossing my fingers no surprising conflict pops up a year from now. I hope to see you there!

First, I LOVE your damask liners. So stinkin’ cute.
Second, I adore lemon poppyseed muffins. The lemonier, the better. Also, I learned from Elaine on Seinfeld to never eat poppyseeds before a job interview.
Third, waaaaah the Superbowl is only good for the food–not even the commercials anymore! And at least you guys had muffins to nosh on. YUM!

Haha – I actually asked my husband about it, since they occasionally do drug testing at his work, and he said that they actually raised the acceptable levels for opiates just because of poppy seeds! Such trouble for a fancy, little seed

Lemon poppy seed is the best. These look scrumptious. I was the exact opposite- I watched the Superbowl and checked in a couple times on the Puppy Bowl. I even caught the end of the kitten half-time show!! So cute!

I watched the Super Bowl too (on purpose:)), mostly because we like the Niners and my son-in-law loves football! What we didn’t like was all the hype, and Beyonce…not a family oriented performance.
I do love poppy muffins though! The glaze looks like the perfect touch!